{"id":41828,"date":"2014-02-24T08:57:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T16:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=41828"},"modified":"2014-02-23T16:57:19","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T00:57:19","slug":"no-candy-edict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=41828","title":{"rendered":"No Candy Edict"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFirst, thank you for the support and comments on my post\u00a0T is for Truth<\/a>. It was hard for me to put it out there because I feel like a failure for letting the binge eating demons sneak back into my life. I thought I had it under control.<\/p>\n

In that post I vowed to be more honest with myself in my logging and calorie counting. There were a few things I knew I could do to set things straight, it was just a matter of doing them.<\/p>\n

The title of this post probably leads you to believe that I’m cutting out sugar entirely from my life. That is not the truth. I’ve found over the years that completely denying myself things set me up for failure and bingeing. But managing what I eat, paying attention to my portions and recording my calories accurately is what has worked for me so far.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0truth<\/strong>\u00a0is I need to stop eating candy mindlessly at work.<\/h4>\n

No more candy at work. THIS I can do. After lunch if I am craving something sweet I can chew gum or have some mints or something. But to mindlessly eat candy just out of habit is what is making me fail. I need to limit my “candy” intake to just dessert. I mean really, how many desserts do I need in one day? One or none. That’s how many.<\/p>\n

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\nI did pretty well skipping the candy after lunch at work, or chewing some gum. It really was a mental shift. I’d walk by the candy room, see all the tantalizing treats I wanted and think “nope, not eating it” and keep walking.<\/p>\n

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One day I had a small mandarin orange as my “treat” after lunch. Just as sweet as candy and only around 30 calories.<\/p>\n

I need to be\u00a0TRUTHFUL<\/strong>\u00a0about the calories I am REALLY eating.\u00a0The\u00a0truth<\/strong>\u00a0is I need to manage my portions better.<\/h4>\n

This is harder but I’ve been doing it loyally for the last week. Even if I don’t want to see the number in my MyFitnessPal App, I need to see it. Portions need to be accurate or what I’m recording as my calories is inaccurate and not helping me!<\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>truth<\/strong>\u00a0is I need to stop eating dessert every single night at home.<\/span><\/h4>\n

It’s easy to rationalize eating dessert. If I work out and I have a bunch of calories left over I think,\u00a0Sweet! I can have more dessert!<\/em> And then I fail. It’s OK to have some calories left over for the day! I don’t need to eat all of them.\u00a0AND it’s A-OKAY to have fruit for dessert! Sometimes just having something sweet at the end of the day is all you need.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0truth<\/strong>\u00a0is I need to stop drinking alcohol for awhile. The liquid calories aren’t doing me any favors.<\/h4>\n

This is an easier one to accomplish. I’ve cut out alcohol many times before. Sure I miss it once in awhile after I quit but really, I’d usually rather have some chocolate over wine. This time around it’s easy to forgo the alcohol because after being sick for a week I had absolutely zero desire to drink anything. Once I get out of the habit of reaching for that glass of wine, I don’t think about it too much.<\/p>\n

The other night we had steak for dinner. It’s been awhile since we had steak. I bought a nice one from Trader Joe’s, Michael cooked it up with a red potato and I topped the steak with Gorgonzola cheese. It’s one of my favorite home cooked meals.<\/p>\n

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I have to admit, it was hard not to want a glass of red wine with it. In my mind steak and wine go together perfectly and it felt weird not to have at least one glass. But I resisted and just had water. Sure it was disappointing but I got over it.<\/p>\n

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One glass of wine a week is something I can allow myself to do and not more often than that. I’m still considering cutting out the wine entirely for a little while. But I had one glass this weekend so…obviously I didn’t start it this weekend! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

And again, this doesn’t necessarily have to be a long term thing. Once I tackle the emotional aspects of why I am overeating and get a handle on it, I can look at my habits with a clearer head. Losing a few pounds will give me the confidence in my maintenance. I weighed myself this weekend and am down 1 pound, which was good to see but I sure didn’t like that number on the scale. So that’s where I am at right now. Trying to make some progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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